On the occasion of receiving the Wachter Award 2014 forexceptional scientific achievements for his work on cancer research, Prof. Alexander Levitzki from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem visited the University of Innsbruck. Prof. Levitzki has been a specialist in the field of signal transduction with a focus on cancer for over 45 years and his research enabled the development of an entirely new class of anticancer drugs. The awardee, his wife Daphne Atlas and members of Ilse & Helmut Wachter Stiftung were welcomed by Rektor Tilmann Märk and a small delegation at the University of Innsbruck, where they also discussed possible future collaborations. On November 29 the Wachter Award 2014 was presented to Prof. Levitzki in the Aula of the university, where afterwards he held a lecture on the topic “Are we winning the war on cancer?”.